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The most common EXIF tags

Baseline EXIF tags are those tags that are listed as part of the core of EXIF standards

Code

Hex

Name

Description

1

 

InteropIndex

 

2

 

InteropVersion

 

 

 

 

 

254

00FE

NewSubfileType

A general indication of the kind of data contained in this subfile.

255

00FF

SubfileType

A general indication of the kind of data contained in this subfile.

256

0100

ImageWidth

The number of columns in the image, i.e., the number of pixels per row.

257

0101

ImageLength

The number of rows of pixels in the image.

258

0102

BitsPerSample

Number of bits per component.

259

0103

Compression

Compression scheme used on the image data.

262

0106

PhotometricInterpretation

The color space of the image data.

263

0107

Threshholding

For black and white TIFF files that represent shades of gray, the technique used to convert from gray to black and white pixels.

264

0108

CellWidth

The width of the dithering or halftoning matrix used to create a dithered or halftoned bilevel file.

265

0109

CellLength

The length of the dithering or halftoning matrix used to create a dithered or halftoned bilevel file.

266

010A

FillOrder

The logical order of bits within a byte.

270

010E

ImageDescription

A string that describes the subject of the image.

271

010F

Make

The scanner/camera manufacturer.

272

0110

Model

The scanner/camera model name or number.

273

0111

StripOffsets

For each strip, the byte offset of that strip.

274

0112

Orientation

The orientation of the image with respect to the rows and columns.

277

0115

SamplesPerPixel

The number of components per pixel.

278

0116

RowsPerStrip

The number of rows per strip.

279

0117

StripByteCounts

For each strip, the number of bytes in the strip after compression.

280

0118

MinSampleValue

The minimum component value used.

281

0119

MaxSampleValue

The maximum component value used.

282

011A

XResolution

The number of pixels per ResolutionUnit in the ImageWidth direction.

283

011B

YResolution

The number of pixels per ResolutionUnit in the ImageLength direction.

284

011C

PlanarConfiguration

How the components of each pixel are stored.

288

0120

FreeOffsets

For each string of contiguous unused bytes in a TIFF file, the byte offset of the string.

289

0121

FreeByteCounts

For each string of contiguous unused bytes in a TIFF file, the number of bytes in the string.

290

0122

GrayResponseUnit

The precision of the information contained in the GrayResponseCurve.

291

0123

GrayResponseCurve

For grayscale data, the optical density of each possible pixel value.

296

0128

ResolutionUnit

The unit of measurement for XResolution and YResolution.

305

0131

Software

Name and version number of the software package(s) used to create the image.

306

0132

DateTime

Date and time of image creation.

315

013B

Artist

Person who created the image.

316

013C

HostComputer

The computer and/or operating system in use at the time of image creation.

320

0140

ColorMap

A color map for palette color images.

338

0152

ExtraSamples

Description of extra components.

33432

8298

Copyright

Copyright notice.

Extension EXIT tags are those tags listed as part of EXIF features that may not be supported by all EXIF readers, according to the EXIF specification

269

010D

DocumentName

The name of the document from which this image was scanned.

285

011D

PageName

The name of the page from which this image was scanned.

286

011E

XPosition

X position of the image.

287

011F

YPosition

Y position of the image.

292

0124

T4Options

Options for Group 3 Fax compression

293

0125

T6Options

Options for Group 4 Fax compression

297

0129

PageNumber

The page number of the page from which this image was scanned.

301

012D

TransferFunction

Describes a transfer function for the image in tabular style.

317

013D

Predictor

A mathematical operator that is applied to the image data before an encoding scheme is applied.

318

013E

WhitePoint

The chromaticity of the white point of the image.

319

013F

PrimaryChromaticities

The chromaticities of the primaries of the image.

321

0141

HalftoneHints

Conveys to the halftone function the range of gray levels within a colorimetrically-specified image that should retain tonal detail.

322

0142

TileWidth

The tile width in pixels. This is the number of columns in each tile.

323

0143

TileLength

The tile length (height) in pixels. This is the number of rows in each tile.

324

0144

TileOffsets

For each tile, the byte offset of that tile, as compressed and stored on disk.

325

0145

TileByteCounts

For each tile, the number of (compressed) bytes in that tile.

326

0146

BadFaxLines

Used in the TIFF-F standard, denotes the number of 'bad' scan lines encountered by the facsimile device.

327

0147

CleanFaxData

Used in the TIFF-F standard, indicates if 'bad' lines encountered during reception are stored in the data, or if 'bad' lines have been replaced by the receiver.

328

0148

ConsecutiveBadFaxLines

Used in the TIFF-F standard, denotes the maximum number of consecutive 'bad' scanlines received.

330

014A

SubIFDs

Offset to child IFDs.

332

014C

InkSet

The set of inks used in a separated (PhotometricInterpretation=5) image.

333

014D

InkNames

The name of each ink used in a separated image.

334

014E

NumberOfInks

The number of inks.

336

0150

DotRange

The component values that correspond to a 0% dot and 100% dot.

337

0151

TargetPrinter

A description of the printing environment for which this separation is intended.

339

0153

SampleFormat

Specifies how to interpret each data sample in a pixel.

340

0154

SMinSampleValue

Specifies the minimum sample value.

341

0155

SMaxSampleValue

Specifies the maximum sample value.

342

0156

TransferRange

Expands the range of the TransferFunction.

343

0157

ClipPath

Mirrors the essentials of PostScript's path creation functionality.

344

0158

XClipPathUnits

The number of units that span the width of the image, in terms of integer ClipPath coordinates.

345

0159

YClipPathUnits

The number of units that span the height of the image, in terms of integer ClipPath coordinates.

346

015A

Indexed

Aims to broaden the support for indexed images to include support for any color space.

347

015B

JPEGTables

JPEG quantization and/or Huffman tables.

351

015F

OPIProxy

OPI-related.

400

0190

GlobalParametersIFD

Used in the TIFF-FX standard to point to an IFD containing tags that are globally applicable to the complete TIFF file.

401

0191

ProfileType

Used in the TIFF-FX standard, denotes the type of data stored in this file or IFD.

402

0192

FaxProfile

Used in the TIFF-FX standard, denotes the 'profile' that applies to this file.

403

0193

CodingMethods

Used in the TIFF-FX standard, indicates which coding methods are used in the file.

404

0194

VersionYear

Used in the TIFF-FX standard, denotes the year of the standard specified by the FaxProfile field.

405

0195

ModeNumber

Used in the TIFF-FX standard, denotes the mode of the standard specified by the FaxProfile field.

433

01B1

Decode

Used in the TIFF-F and TIFF-FX standards, holds information about the ITULAB (PhotometricInterpretation = 10) encoding.

434

01B2

DefaultImageColor

Defined in the Mixed Raster Content part of RFC 2301, is the default color needed in areas where no image is available.

512

0200

JPEGProc

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

513

0201

JPEGInterchangeFormat

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

514

0202

JPEGInterchangeFormatLength

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

515

0203

JPEGRestartInterval

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

517

0205

JPEGLosslessPredictors

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

518

0206

JPEGPointTransforms

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

519

0207

JPEGQTables

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

520

0208

JPEGDCTables

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

521

0209

JPEGACTables

Old-style JPEG compression field. TechNote2 invalidates this part of the specification.

529

0211

YCbCrCoefficients

The transformation from RGB to YCbCr image data.

530

0212

YCbCrSubSampling

Specifies the subsampling factors used for the chrominance components of a YCbCr image.

531

0213

YCbCrPositioning

Specifies the positioning of subsampled chrominance components relative to luminance samples.

532

0214

ReferenceBlackWhite

Specifies a pair of headroom and footroom image data values (codes) for each pixel component.

559

022F

StripRowCounts

Defined in the Mixed Raster Content part of RFC 2301, used to replace RowsPerStrip for IFDs with variable-sized strips.

700

02BC

XMP

XML packet containing XMP metadata

32781

800D

ImageID

OPI-related.

34732

87AC

ImageLayer

Defined in the Mixed Raster Content part of RFC 2301, used to denote the particular function of this Image in the mixed raster scheme.

GPS Related EXIF tags

Code

Hex

Name

Description

0

0000

GPSVersion

 

1

0001

GPSLatitudeRef

 

3

0003

GPSLongitudeRef

 

5

0005

GPSAltitudeRef

 

6

0006

GPSAltitude

 

8

0008

GPSSatellites

 

9

0009

GPSStatus

 

10

000A

GPSMeasureMode

GPS Measurement Mode

11

000B

GPSDOP

GPS Degree of Precision

12

000C

GPSSpeedRef

 

13

000D

GPSSpeed

 

14

000E

GPSTrackRef

 

15

000F

GPSTrack

 

16

0010

GPSImgDirectionRef

PS Image Direction Ref

17

0011

GPSImgDirection

GPS Image Direction

18

0012

GPSMapDatum

 

19

0013

GPSDestLatitudeRef

GPS Destination Latitude Ref

23

0017

GPSDestBearingRef

GPS Destination Bearing Ref

24

0018

GPSDestBearing

GPS Destination Bearing

25

0019

GPSDestDistanceRef

GPS Destination Distance Ref

26

001A

GPSDestDistance

GPS Destination Distance

29

001D

GPSDateStamp

GPS Date Stamp

30

001E

GPSDifferential

GPS Differential

Please refer to EXIF.org for more information


See Also

Appendix

Dots Per Inch - DPI

Image Resource - what is it ?

How to specify colors ?

How to display my images in a Notes view

Notes Embedded Image - what is it ?

NotesPeek

Support for EPS, PS and PDF files - Ghostscript Support

The most common IPTC tags

Troubleshooting

What version of VCII2LN.DLL is installed ?